Agyness Deyn: Actress

It sounds like Agyness Deyn picked up some acting tips from James Franco while on set with the actor for ELLE's James Dean-themed shootearlier this year.

The model, who makes fewer and fewer fashion-themed appearances each year, has been busy making a permanent transition into the role of Hollywood actress. Deyn's just wrapped up filming her lead role in Pusher, a film about a young drug dealer in London, and is in the middle of a road trip with Waris Ahluwalia making a short film for luxurycollection.com. (Ahluwalia's an ambassador for the Starwood hotels.)

Stylist Heidi Bivens is dressing Deyn up in Hitchcock-themed outfits for the cross country trip and told WWD, "We'll probably still see her in special-assignment modeling but she's really pursuing acting now."

Meanwhile in other fashion-meets-acting news, details of Marc Jacobs'first onscreen role were released yesterday. The designer will star in a movie called Disconnect alongside Alexander Skarsgaard and Jason Bateman in a still unnamed role. IMDB says the movie is, "A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world." It's currently filming.

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